Bundjalung Dictionary

Word List

Bundjalung	English	Category	Dialect
gugari	mad (M)	senses	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
garenggi, garehnggi	mad ; insane	senses	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
galamarin	magpie	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gulamari (?)	magpie	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gulamburan	magpie	bird	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gulgurang	magpie	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gurahmburuhn, gulamburan	magpie	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wurguluhm	Magpie ; Magpie, Black-backed ; Magpie, White-backed	bird	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gibir	mahogany tree (Wa) ; Turpentine Tree	plant	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yuwiny, yuwihngbil	Mahogany, White	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ganimaya-	make		Lower Richmond		[more]
gindjibila-	make		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mana-, mani-	make		Lower Richmond		[more]
nyang-	make		Middle Clarence		[more]
yaga-	make		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yunga-	make		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
num bunda-	make (someone) return		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-ga	make ; cause to be		Middle Clarence		[more]
guwihgarma-	make ; dig a hole	animal	Middle Clarence		[more]
ginyara-	make a bed ; bed, make a		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
galgirma-	make a canoe ; take in canoe ; canoe	artifact	Middle Clarence		[more]
ngumbinda-	make a house		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
binda-	make a net ; net, make a	artifact	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gur-gur ba-	make a noise stamping around with the feet ; stamping around with the feet, noise made by		Middle Clarence		[more]
gunihba-	make do ; allow to do		Middle Clarence		[more]
bugalma-	make good ; good, make ; repair ; mend ; fix ; cure ; improve		Middle Clarence		[more]
yunama-	make lie down ; put down ; put, to ; place, to		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
jaluma-	make smoke	food	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jahnama-	make stand ; stand (something) ; make stop ; put ; leave (something) standing		Middle Clarence		[more]
dandurma-	make strong ; make hard	location	Middle Clarence		[more]
banyarma warima-	make well by doctoring	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
-ba	make, to ; cause to		Middle Clarence		[more]
buhyiyan	male		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buyu	male		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
wangan (?)	male		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wang(g)an (?)	male		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gunum, gunam	male black possum ; black possum, male ; possum, black and male	animal	All		[more]
wuyang	male's brother-in-law	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mulehnganeh	Mallanganee	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
madja	man (boss?)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bagil, bangin	man 40-50 years old ; 40-50 year old man	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
baygal	man ; person ; adult	people	Middle Clarence	Listen	[more]
janganyan	man from the west	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jugah-gali	man who likes to drink ; drink, man who likes to	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
wuruhraban	man's personal name ; personal name, man's	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
buhrdjam	man's sister's son ; nephew (man's sister's son)	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
burihgam	man's wife's brother's son ; nephew-in-law (son of a man's wife's brother)	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
baygal	man, dark-skinned of any race ; Aboriginal ; Aboriginal people	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs	Listen	[more]
marugan	man, mature (young) ; bachelor ; initiated man ; man, initiated ; one initiated through the First Rule of the tribal Law ; young man (Gd)	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
balang	man, small and active, standard character in Bundjalung stories ; standard character in Bundjalung stories	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
yirahli	man, white ; white man	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
jabihnginy	man-eating spirit-being (male) ; spirit-being, man-eating (male)	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
malandjali	Manaldjahli ; Manandjahli	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
manalgali	Manaldjahli clan	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jangigir	mangrove	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balgan	many	natural_environment	Middle Clarence		[more]
gulah	many	plant	Lower Richmond		[more]
gumbihnybar	many		Middle Clarence		[more]
jindihn	many		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gananbihn	many (?)		Lower Richmond		[more]
garalbu	many ; lot, a ; plenty ; all		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gumbih	many ; much ; all		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
garahl, gara(h)lbu	many ; plenty		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
gumbi	many ; plenty ; all		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mabehr	many ; plenty ; all		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
wagan	march fly (NG:Gresty) ; fly, ordinary (Fowlr)	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bahny	march-fly ; fly, march-	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
wahl	mark		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
-bu	marks agent or transitive subject and instrument used for an action		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nyubani	married couple	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dubanygur	married man ; man, married	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
gandji-, ganydji-	married to, be		Middle Clarence		[more]
gandjili-	married, be	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
jung-jung	marrow ; brain	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngunyang	marrow ; pus	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jundjung	marrow; pith ; brain	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
yahrba-	marry	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
yaraba-	marry	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yarba-	marry	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gandjili-, ganydjili-	marry ; married, be	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
-giny	masculine suffix		Middle Clarence		[more]
bama-	massage (Gd) ; rub ; paint		Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mahdja, mahsta	master ; boss	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
mahdja	master ; boss ; employer	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dabahy	mature (of chrysalis about to turn into butterfly)	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
guram	maybe ; perhaps		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gim	maybe ; perhaps ; possibly ; probably ; might (possibility)		Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence		[more]
bangbang	McPherson Range (at the Border Gate, Lindesay Hwy)	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nganyi	me		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngadjah	me, for		Middle Clarence		[more]
ngaya(h)	me, for		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
bugul	meaning unknown		Middle Clarence		[more]
baygam	meat	food	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yuri	meat	food	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gigam	meat (raw)	food	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jiman	meat ; flesh ; muscle	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mih bulahnggi-	meet face-to-face		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bawur bulahngi-	meet head on ; head on, to meet		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yiyili-	meet together		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nyabaywen-	melt		Middle Clarence		[more]
mumga(h)-	mend ; sew		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
muh	merely ; casually		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
buyay	message ; news	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
yahrum	meteor ; falling star ; comet	natural_environment	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gumbar	methylated spirit ; metho	artifact	Middle Clarence		[more]
garambah	midday	time	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
garambay, garambah	midday	time	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gihl	middle	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
juwe	middle	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gihl	middle ; centre		Middle Clarence		[more]
gilgil	middle ; centre		Middle Clarence		[more]
jawaya	middle, in the ; between	location	Lower Richmond		[more]
bangin	middle-aged man (40-50 years) ; man (middle-aged) (40-50 years)	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gidjuhm-gidjuhm	middle-aged man ; man, middle-aged	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
minduhr	middle-aged man ; man, middle-aged	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ju(h)	middle? ; half? ; half-way?	location	Middle Clarence		[more]
gulgilngahgu	midnight	time	Middle Clarence		[more]
juwang	midnight	time	Middle Clarence		[more]
juwangah	midnight	time	Middle Clarence		[more]
miganbar(i)	Migunburry clan	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ngamahbil	milk	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ngamang, ngahmang	milk ; breast, woman's	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
milang	milk, cow's ; cow's milk	animal	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
balin-balihn	minah, noisy; bird, soldier	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gidji (?)	mine (Gn)		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mihnyangbal	Minyangbal	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
minyangbal	Minyungbal ; language spoken about Tweed Heads (Fergn), name of a	language	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
minyangbal	Minyungbal dialect(s)	language	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gurnguhrwan-	misbehave		Middle Clarence		[more]
garahygan	mischief ; trouble		Middle Clarence		[more]
gulnguhr	mischievous ; troublesome	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mugul-gali	mischievous person	people	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
garahyganwan-	mischievous, become		Middle Clarence		[more]
juhlany	miserable ; poor ; unfortunate		Middle Clarence		[more]
bagarbaya-	miss ; fail to hit		Middle Clarence		[more]
juhwar	mist, ground inversion	natural_environment	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nganah	mistake ; error	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mawga-	mix	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jararburma-	mix ; mingle		Middle Clarence		[more]
guniny	mixed up		Middle Clarence		[more]
mugambin	Mogumbin	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mumuhm	Momm?_m	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
giran	Mommom's corroboree	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
banggu	money	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mani	money	artifact	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
munggulam	Monkcollum	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mubal	Mooball	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gidjan	moon	natural_environment	Copmanhurs		[more]
ngigam	moon	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gibam	moon ; month	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
gibamgir	moonlight	natural_environment	Middle Clarence		[more]
murunbul	Mooroonbool		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
guhnggur	mopoke	bird	Lower Richmond		[more]
janunggahybay	moral and spiritual guardian ; 'godparent' ; guardian, moral and spiritual	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
janunggahy	moral or spiritual guardianship ; guardianship, moral or spiritual ; moral guardianship ; spiritual guardianship	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mudjang	more		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
garal	more ; many ; lot, a ; all ; plenty ; mob everything		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
-djang	more ; very		Middle Clarence		[more]
guran	Moreton Bay Ash (Gn) ; Ash, Moreton Bay (Gn)	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bugam, bugambil (bunambil M:Liv)	Moreton Bay Chestnut ; Bean Tree ; beanpod of the Moreton Bay Chestnut ; shoe ; boot	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
murumurugambiny	Moreton Island	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budjarah, budjarahbu	morning	time	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mulagan	morning (Gd) ; dawn (Wa) ; early morning ; morning star ; morning, early ; star, morning	time	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mulagan, mulaga	morning, (this)	time	Lower Richmond		[more]
gihnyin	mosquito	insect	Middle Clarence		[more]
ginyin	mosquito	insect	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs		[more]
mandjur	mosquito	insect	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
mundjur, munydjur	mosquito	insect	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ginying	mosquitoes ; taboo word	insect	Lower Richmond		[more]
gin.gin	moss	plant	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngundjulahm, nguhnydjulahm	moss	plant	Middle Clarence		[more]
garal-banggil	most		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
giniyan (?)	moth	insect	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jalngay-ngahriyan, jalngay	moth ; butterfly ; firefly ; fireflies ; dancing coloured lights ; coloured lights, dancing	insect	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gunihng	mother	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
guning, gunihng	mother	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
gununy, guwinuny	mother	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
mahmi	mother	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
nabang	mother	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
wadjung-	mother	people	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-ging	mother (?)	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
wadjung, wadjangbir	mother ; mother's sister ; aunt, maternal	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
wadjung, wadjang, wayung	mother ; mother's sister ; aunt, maternal	people	Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
wadjung(gan), wayun(g), wihyang	mother-in-law	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
wihyang, wadjung(gan), wayun(g)	mother-in-law	people	Middle Clarence		[more]
buruhl	mountain (main range or peak)	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jaragumbiny	mountain name	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jugal	mountain name	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
migani	mountain name	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
duwehning	mountain near Mt Barney	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dugay	mountain spur ; spur of mountain	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gayan dugun	mountain, high	natural_environment	Lower Richmond		[more]
dugun murigarah	mountain, large	natural_environment	Copmanhurs		[more]
dugalbihny	mountain, small	natural_environment	Copmanhurs		[more]
babahndilu	mourning		Middle Clarence		[more]
mugulbil	mourning period for dead ; dead, mourning period for	language	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gundur bidjang-galang	mouse	animal	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
diyang	mouth		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gahmbay	mouth	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
jehng	mouth	body_part	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
jehny	mouth	body_part	Middle Clarence		[more]
jehyang	mouth	body_part	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mulang	mouth	body_part	Lower Richmond		[more]
gambay	mouth (?)	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
jawba	mouth (?)	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jayang, jehng	mouth ; beak ; lip	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jeyang, jehng, jayang	mouth ; beak ; lip	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
guwa-	move		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yuybandi-	move ; shift ; change residence		Middle Clarence		[more]
gindilu walanggi-	move along on knees while in a kneeling position ; crawl using the knees		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yugira-	move away		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
yuhdji-	move away		Middle Clarence		[more]
yudji-	move oneself		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngulung bura-, ngulung-buhyi-	move to the front	senses	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mihm	movement		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
baga-bagah	Mt Barney	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
budjurguhmu	Mt Barney	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
budjurngu	Mt Barney	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galagadjan	Mt Beehive	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
gundulbunbi, gundulbunbi(-be)	Mt Ladybrook (where the two stone dogs are)	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jalgambuny	Mt Lindesay	location	Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
wangalbung	Mt Tamborine	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wulambiny	Mt Warning	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dalgal, dalgar	mud	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dan.gar	mud	natural_environment	Middle Clarence		[more]
wabamaridju	mud	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wabum	mud	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jalang, jilang	mud ; dirt ; clay, wet ; wet clay	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jilang, jelang, jalang	mud ; dirt ; wet clay ; clay, wet	natural_environment	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jubi, jubeh	mud crab, species of ; crab, mud (species of)	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
bamgahmba	Mud Island	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
madjir	mud, sticky ; diarrhoea	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
madjirbah, madjarbah	Mudgeeraba	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galgalan	mulberry bird ; bird, mulberry	bird	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ganihng	mullet	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
garim	mullet	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
gudjam	mullet	fish	Middle Clarence		[more]
ngaruhn	Mullet, Pink-eyed ; Pink-Eyed Mullet	fish	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
guyang	mullet, sea ; sea mullet	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
malibambay	Mullumbimby	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ganduhnbay	munching sound (Gd) ; gnawing sound (Gd) ; noise of gnashing teeth (Wa)	body_part	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
guridjir, guridja	mundic (?) ; fool's gold ; iron pyrites ; gold, fool's ; pyrites, iron	natural_environment	All		[more]
mundulgan	Mundoolun	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
mungguhmbil	Mungoonbil ; passionfruit, wild fruit similar to	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
man.gur mun.guhn	Mungoora mungoon	plant	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
dulehng	murder	natural_environment	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
munmuhn ba-	murmur	language	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
munmuhnbay	murmuring sound ; sound of muffled voices ; voices (muffled), sound of ; muffled voices, sound of		Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
marim	Murrim	location	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
mar-wilambah	Murwillumbah	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
muy-wulambiny	Murwillumbah	location	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wiranggiruh, wayrangiruh	Murwillumbah clan	people	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
wahr	muscle	body_part	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
nahr-balang	muscular ; strong		Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
muhlgan (?)	mushroom	plant	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
bilimbin	mushroom ; toadstool	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
galgalimay	music	language	Middle Clarence		[more]
ngahrima-	music, make		Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
murdjam	musk duck ; duck, musk	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
ngurang	mussel	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dugunum	mussel (Cas) ; cockle (Cas) ; shellfish species	fish	Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
yugir	mussel ; pipis ; ugarie ; eugarie	fish	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
ngarun	mussel ?	fish	Middle Clarence		[more]
malang	mussel, black ; black mussel	fish	Lower Richmond		[more]
bimbim	mutton bird	bird	Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
nganyah	my (own) ; mine		Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence		[more]
-gara	my ; our		Middle Clarence		[more]
nganyahgan	my daughter ; daughter, my	people	Lower Richmond		[more]
guramanunya	my tale is told	language	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
dalagan	myrtle tree	plant	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]
jayany, yawany	myrtle tree ; tree, myrtle	plant	Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond		[more]
bariyahnbe	mythological dog, name of a	animal	Gold Coast Tweed		[more]

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